9/30.13

Lectio: : Lk 9.51-56       
                     
Meditatio: “When the disciples James and John saw this they asked, ‘Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them’?” Lk 9.54         

Oratio: O God, how merciful You are to us!                                

I remember Jesus’s disciples wanted to rain down fire upon the Samaritan village, because they would not welcome Jesus out of religious  prejudice - but Jesus rebuked them for such an attitude.

Grant that I may be ever grateful that You are so kind and merciful and patient with us so that even when we reject You, You continue to give us more and more opportunities all the days of our life. Why? Because You so much want us to return to You and our heavenly home.

I ask this and all things in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You
and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Contemplatio: spend some time in silence and meditate on the selected passage and hear what
God is saying to you.

Operatio: reflect on "call down fire...consume”; even if we receive an unwarranted rejection, we should never use our power to take revenge; in prayer ask for the grace to remember revenge is the Lord’s and He is kind and merciful and He alone knows the heart and the future. Thank God our lives our in His hands.

Tomorrow's reading: Mt 18.1-5, 10